Cornell's main building was splashed with graffiti and left with a broken glass door overnight by protesters rallying against the university's handling of the gang rape allegations.
asserted
building → splash → allegations
Students at the Ivy League planned a protest on Monday over the alleged 2024 fraternity-house gang rape that has ignited a firestorm of anger on campus and beyond.
asserted
that → plan → campus
Holes were knocked into one of the administration hall's glass doors, and the walls beside them were marked with red-painted messages condemning patriarchy and the Ivy League school's handling of sexual assaults, photos showed.
asserted
photos → knock → assaults
The words 'At Cornell rapists are protected... protestors are expelled' and 'smash the patriarchy' were written in red spray paint across the building.
asserted
protestors → protect → building
Cornell spokesperson Kyle Kimball said in a statement that the university was investigating and that 'damaging property is not the answer' to Cornellians' 'frustration and strong emotions.'
asserted
property → say → frustration
Kimball said: 'We understand the frustration and strong emotions being expressed across our community.
asserted
We → say → community
Those concerns deserve to be heard, but damaging property is not the answer.
asserted
damaging → deserve → property
We are investigating the vandalism at Day Hall and will address it in accordance with University policy and applicable law.'
asserted
We → investigate → policy
Campus police referred questions to his office, which declined to provide more detail on the incident.
asserted
which → refer → incident
Meanwhile, a roster of student organizations planned a late-afternoon 'Justice for Survivors' demonstration to push for changes in the university's process for handling sexual assault complaints and for more punishments connected to the one that followed a party at the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024.
asserted
that → plan → October
The words 'At Cornell rapists are protected... protestors are expelled' and 'smash the patriarchy' were written in red spray paint across the building
A female student at Cornell University has alleged in a recent lawsuit that she was raped by multiple fraternity members in 2024 at the Chi Phi fraternity house
A Snapchat message was sent to a group chat with more than 50 Chi Phi members that night that read 'Free p****,' the investigation found
A then-sophomore alleges that she was sexually assaulted there by multiple men after being pressured into drinking and taking drugs.
asserted
she → protect → drugs
The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, recently sued the university, seven former students, the fraternity and others.
asserted
woman → identify → university
Her lawsuit said that she became fully incapacitated as fraternity members assaulted her, and that one man sent others a message inviting them to participate.
asserted
man → say → them
Lawyers for two of the former students denied they participated in a sexual assault.
asserted
they → deny → assault
Court records show that some of the accused students, when interviewed by Cornell investigators, described the sexual activity as consensual.
asserted
some → show → activity
The suit has drawn national attention to Cornell, its police force, and the local district attorney, after Jane Doe said she told the campus police in November 2024 she 'can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped.'
asserted
I → draw → confidence
No criminal charges have been filed.
asserted
charges → file → ?
The Chi Phi chapter at Cornell was shut down, and the Ivy League university has said it expelled some students and suspended others.
asserted
it → shut → others
In a statement last week, the administration bristled about the 'false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case.'
asserted
administration → bristle → case
Cornell has backed the DA's decision to revisit the case.
asserted
Cornell → back → case
Chi Phi has been banned from campus since 2024
Students, however, have demanded more accountability and transparency, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has said Jane Doe was 'failed by people and institutions,' including the Cornell police and local District Attorney Matthew Van Houten.
asserted
Doe → ban → police
Hochul appointed the state attorney general last week to take over a criminal investigation that Van Houten had reopened days earlier, and the governor called for an independent review of Cornell's handling of the matter.
asserted
governor → appoint → matter
After the week's developments, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff released an apologetic video Saturday, saying that Jane Doe's account 'raises heartbreaking and troubling issues about sexual assault, dehumanization and aspects of party culture, alcohol and drug use.'
Kotlikoff reaffirmed his support for an independent review of the university's actions and vowed more transparency and a commitment to 'finding the answers our community deserves.'
asserted
community → release → answers
The Aporia
